Chapter 10

Question 1

Basophils

Answer 1

White blood cells whose granules stain deep blue with basic dye

Question 2

Eosinophils

Answer 2

Granular white blood cells who’s granules readily take up a stain called eosin

Question 3

Fibrin

Answer 3

The fibrous insoluble protein formed during the clotting of blood

Question 4

Hemoglobin

Answer 4

The oxygen transporting pigment of erythrocytes

Question 5

Lymphocytes

Answer 5

Agranular white blood cells formed in the bone marrow that mature in the lymphoid tissue

Question 6

Neutrophils

Answer 6

The most abundant of the white blood cells

Question 7

Platelets

Answer 7

One of irregular cell fragments of blood

Question 8

Anemia

Answer 8

Reduced oxygen carrying capacity of the blood

Question 9

Coagulation

Answer 9

Clotting

Question 10

Erythrocytes

Answer 10

Red blood cells

Question 11

Leukocytes

Answer 11

White blood cells

Question 12

Monocytes

Answer 12

Large single nucleus white blood cell

Question 13

Plasma

Answer 13

The fluid portion of the blood

Question 14

Prothrombin

Answer 14

A factor that plays an important part in clottin

Question 15

Agglutination

Answer 15

Clumping of cells